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2. What does spiritual maturity look like?

3. "In order to be saints, you have to seriously want to be one. Saint Thomas Aquinas assures us that holiness ‘is nothing else but a resolution made, the heroic act of a soul that surrenders to God.’ …Our willingness is important because it changes us into the image of God and likens us to him! The decision to be holy is a very dear one. Renunciation, temptations, struggles, persecutions, and all kinds of sacrifices are what surround the soul that has opted for holiness." Mother Teresa of Calcutta

4. The Wounded Healer “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” Isaiah 53: 5

5. “When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.” Saint Jerome

6. We fast to humble ourselves before God......before entering into the struggles of this world.

7. Saint Telemachus

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